Important decision an american president can make. For this reason, candidates for president owe the American People a specific list of individuals they consider for the United States Supreme Court. Four years ago, i announced my first list of highly qualified candidates and promised to fill Justice Scalias vacant seat from among those names, and just days after my inauguration, i kept that promise, when i nominated judge neil gorsuch, and as you know, he has been very spectacular. A year later, i nominated and the Senate Confirmed another outstanding justice, brett kavanaugh. By the end of my first term, we will have confirmed a Record Number of federal judges, over 300, all of whom will faithfully uphold our constitution as written. What has always made america exceptional is our reference for the impartial rule of law. People have come from all over the world to pursue the American Dream based on this sacred principle. Equality under the law is the bedrock of our society. It is the
Not for a not for profit group. 251 Mass Shootings in the u. S. David so the shootings over the weekend were one of Many Political developments were watching all over the world this morning starting with those violent protests in hong kong. President trump tweeted this morning in part, we cannot let those killed in el paso, texas and bloomberg daybreak die in vain. We can never forget them and those many who came before them. He just tweeted out a few moments ago. The new york stock change and the nasdac will observe moments of silence and President Trump will make a further statement later in the day. We welcome marty schwenneker to the show. The president said hes in favor f background checks. Thats not going to happen. It did pass the house overwhelmingly. It was stocked like a lot of legislative efforts in the senate. Mitch mcconnell can bring that bill to the senate floor. He can call back the senate to pass such situation but conflating it with Immigration Reform is just going to
Trade. You had that comment from president frump saying that trade talks between the u. S. And china had already started but also lines from the Trump Administration suggesting that theyre looking at additional tariffs on european good, so a little bit more concern than there was yesterday on the trade front, maybe being reflecked in south korea, for example , were all looking at some of the different indexes in terms of the regions. He filipino possesso is down you saw a bit of a pickup in the 10year u. S. Treasuries and maybe some weakness in those u. S. Futures. The s p 500 hit a record yesterday. The termal chart is announcement versus fenses cyclicals. As this terminal shows, there is still a premium in terms to have defenses over sickly calls and that has endured even after the fast ball crisis, highlight build the red bar, 20082009 so maybe putting some question marks over the desire to get into cyclicals given the premium that defensive still have. That is something investors c
in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night
the most significant gun ruling in a decade the supreme court s major decision allowing more people to carry a firearm. tonight, new york officials calling it a blow to public safety. juul, banned. what does the f.d.a. s order mean for the vaping industry? our eye on america: how the chicago police department is handling staffing shortages. and, the heroic rescue. we hear from the coach who saved an american swimmer.. plus, 50 years of title ix. how the landmark law changed sports for women, and the world. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. in the past few weeks, we have heard gripping new testimony from the january 6th hearings, but what we learned today was particularly egregious. three former high-levels justice department officials t testified that the president of the united states repeatedly d.o.j. to, in t